Ralph Fiennes Quotes

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

Whatever the reason is, I am happiest when connecting with the human experience. It lets me know that I'm not alone in this world.

What a powerful thing to know: That one's own desires are mappable onto strangers; that what one finds in oneself will most certainly be found in The Other.

No one is ever really a stranger. We cling to the belief that we share nothing with certain people. It's rubbish. We have almost everything in common with everyone.

All of us are much more human than otherwise.

The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

Try to love someone who you want to hate, because they are just like you, somewhere inside, in a way you may never expect, in a way that resounds so deeply within you that you cannot believe it.

The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.

Probably above all other things, I am interested as a writer in making a connection, interested in the parts of all of us that connect.

In this world, and all the things we have going on, we're all human beings.

At the end of the day, we are all humans.

I think our music is more about seeing ourselves in each other and trying to find a more humanistic viewpoint for the world.

I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.

I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another is really by knowing them... whether that's in a classroom, or a soccer team, or a food pantry, or any of those things. I mean, we're kind of more alike than we are different.

It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels they're exactly the same as you.

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

We need to understand that whatever we do, we're all human beings first.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

People can transcend and overcome their differences and be very easily bonded.

The world is not such a large place, and we have more in common with one another than we might think.

Humans need to touch each other. We need to look at each other… We are human creatures, meant to be linked… So, yes, it's a gift for me to be able to look at somebody that I know or don't know, that I love or maybe not love, and to be able to connect.

Family is just the people you care about. We can bond with people that we have nothing in common with, even if it's just for a moment.

I think my mission, if I could call it that, as a storyteller is to try and find ways to show how similar we are and not how different we are.

Empathy has the power to bring together people who would otherwise never meet. It has the power to teach us and to reach us in moments of isolation when we think nobody understands.

I think that human beings are often looking for a reason to relate.